Meet the Team

  • Jorge A. Mahauad

    FOUNDER

    Jorge is the founder of Galapagos Rebreathers way back in the early 2009s. His dreams of exploring the island and its wonders made him find a way of making it all possible. Devoted his whole career to scuba diving to develop rebreather diving in the Galapagos. Probably the first person able to provide full independent support for rebreather divers in Galapagos and the whole country. Here we are more than 10 years later working to keep his legacy.

  • Javier A. Mahauad

    CEO - GALAPAGOS MARINE RESERVE CCR DIVE GUIDE

    Javier started diving very early at 14 and quickly developed a passion for being underwater. Under the guidance and training of Jorge and other great mentors, he expanded his knowledge and kept training in technical diving and CCRs. He is the most experienced CCR guide in the Galapagos Islands and constantly participates in projects requiring diving in CCR. Javier is now the owner of Galapagos Rebreathers and works as a safety diver in CCR for wildlife camera operators and freelance guiding on liveaboards in the Galapagos. In his free time, he collaborates with the Charles Darwin Foundation, tagging hammerhead sharks utilizing rebreathers.

  • Eduardo Mahauad

    NATURALIST GUIDE + CCR DIVE GUIDE

    Eduardo is our passionate Naturalist on our trips, always sharing his fascination with nature with our guests. He’s been guiding and teaching in the Galapagos for the last 10 years, working in different areas like Naturalist Excursions, Dive Center manager, and dive instructor. He knows about the Galapagos' human and natural history, which becomes his added value for our team. He works actively as a Naturalis and Dive guide thought the year in Galapagos.

Everyone said Galapagos was not a place for rebreathers. Since 2009 we have been proving otherwise.

We heard tales of our grandfather sailing 120 nautical miles at 8 knots with prefilled scuba cylinders for a week of air diving with eight people. We saw our uncles fill tanks one psi at a time, for hours. Sometimes we helped.

So when everyone said, “Galapagos is not a place for rebreathers. You don't need that here. It's too complicated and too expensive. No one will pay you to do that. Open circuit is good enough. It's too much work. You are going to die” — we knew better.

In 2009, we enlisted the help of family, friends and business partners. Not everyone believed in the mission; some just believed in us and wanted to help. We lost friends along the way, as happens when you’ve been in technical diving long enough. But we built the support that didn't exist: oxygen, sorbent, cylinders, boosting, and guides who understand the units.

And so we did.

  • "Cannot recommend Javier and Galapagos Rebreathers enough! five stars!"

    I have worked with Javier and Galapagos Rebreathers on two separate occasions: once on a high-end private expedition and once on a shark-tagging research project. They were two very different projects, both involving complex logistical operations, and Javier delivered safe, competent and highly efficient services every time.

    Javier is incredibly personable, professional and a real wealth of knowledge when it comes to everything Galapagos. He is an absolute asset to any expedition or project, and his local knowledge and experience make a huge difference when working in such a unique and logistically challenging environment.

    I cannot recommend Javier and Galapagos Rebreathers highly enough, and I’m already looking forward to working with them again soon!

    Rannva, J. XCCR

  • Javier and Eduardo are fantastic guides and entertainer 🤣. Thanks you for the great dives!

    Benoit, D.

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